The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-17

| A BIG SCHOONER laden with ice arrived at
Philadelphia on Tuesday of last week, and was
| to be unloaded next day. AS she lay at the
| dock she sprung a leak, and the salt water
! rushed in so fast that nearly all the ice was
| melted before it could be got out of the hold.
| LEXINGTON Mo owed nearly all its debts to
| its citizens, and almost all the citizens owed
taxes and license fees to the city. The City
Council resolved recently not to pay any citizen
| the amount owed him, nor any city official
| his salary, till his taxes were paid. Lexington is
| now out OF debt and has small surplus.
| ONE of the queerest facts of natural history
| has been discovered by Rev. ]. j. Lafferty, who
gives it to the world in his religious journal as
| follows: When a sparrow hawk pounces OF a
| guinea be lets the guinea fly, but the hawk, sit
ting on the back Of the fowl uses his own tail to
| guide the guinea. He always steers his victim
| 10 his nest in the forest i-
| NEAR Wallowa w. T., is sheep-killing deer
that understands his business Last week the
| herders of Sutherand's band of sheep now on
| Trail creek, observed a large buck among the
| herd, but he was put to flight by the dogs. The
| sanguinary animal, however, was not satisfied
| with single attempt, and afterward returned
| Up to date he has placed several sheep on the
| retired list"
The prize offered by the French government
| Of $1,000 for the most valuable discovery re-
| latng to the utilization of electricity, is to be
| awarded next December. 1t is for any use or
| application of electricity, namely, as source
| of heat, of light, or of chemical action,
| means of transmission of mechanical power, or
| of verbal communication in any form, or,
| finally, as a curative agent.
| B. D. BUMGARTNER. of Munfordsville, Ky,
loved Mary Richardson, for whose father he
worked, and she loved him; but when he asked
| Mary's father for Mary's hand the old gentle
| man drove him off the farm and locked Mary
| up Bumgartner waited as long as he could
stand it, and then, seeing signs of yielding
on the part of the cruel father, went with eight
| hlstY friends to the house of his sweetheart,
| beat in the door, and took the willing girl to
| Jeffersonville, where they were married.
THE sea serpent mystery has been solved for
Maine. He was seen recently from the vessel of
| Capt. G.. II. Griffin, who harpooned him, and the
ship was carried over the seas at a rate of speed
that would excel the Volunteer But after a
few hours the animal became exhausted and
| rose to the surface, revealing its identity as an
| immense turtle When it was hoisted on shore
it was weighed and tipped 1,430 pounds. A
vessel containing ten Southern turtles was
| wrecked in Maine waters about fifty years ago,
and this is supposed to be one of them, and &C
| counts for the many sea-serpent stories that
| have originated in the State.
A FARMER named Corner, of Roane county
| West Virginia has invented new plan to catch
squirrels which has proven great success. He
has large cornfeld which borders on the
| woods and which the squirrels have almost de-
| vastated during the past season. Observing
| that they retreated to the woods along a certain
| line of fence he covered the tops of the rails of
the fence with tar. The squirrels succeeded IN
clearing the fence, but when they struck the
| woods the~leaves and sticks stuck to their feet
| so badly that they could not climb the trees.
| The first capture amounted to twenty seven,
and within a week Corner had killed and cap
tured over 100 squirrels by his unique device.
THE celebrated historian, Prof Mommsen, is
very absent minded. THE other day." says the
Berlin BorSen- Courier, "a young Privat-docent
| delivered an address in the presence of several
| distinguished professors on the posthumous
work of a great scholar, which he is to edit
| After the lecture the auditors remained in ami
| mated conversation around the festive board.
| Suddenly the young scholar missed, to his hor
ror. his valuable manuscript, and all search re-
manned fruitless. At last the mystery was
| solved. TheOdor Mommsen, who sat next to
| the lecturer, had in his absent mindedness put
into his pocket all the papers of the PrtUdt do
| cent, and ken them to Charlottenburg. 1t is
easy to imagine the establishment of the ia
nous scholar on being asked to return the man
| uscript.
SOME singular statements have been made in
the Deutsche Mondtsckrift con, ernng the effect
pr Oduced by different trades AMI in 1ustrial oc-
| cupations upon the general health. Among
these facts are those contributed by Prof. Hesse,
of Leipsic, who points out the deplorable condi-
ton Of the teeth of bakers and who also asserts
| that he is frequently able to Indicate the occu-
patton of persons by the condition of their teeth.
In the case of bakers the carries is soft and rapid
| ly progressive the principal parts attacked
the labial and buccal surfaces OF the teeth, com
| mencing at the cervX s0d rapidly extending to
| the grinding surface-the approximai surfaces
| not seeming TO be attacked more than in other
| trades. Prof. Hesse believes that the disease is
owing to the inhalation of -four dust the carries
| being caused by the action of an acid which is
| formed i'm the presence of fermentable carbo-
| hydrates.
An apparatus has been devised by means of
| which, it is claimed, breach in a vessels hull
| from collision or other cause. may be effec-
| tually closed from either the inside or outside
of the craft. For closing an opening from the
outside n frame, made Of an appropriate size,
| and weighted so to sink in the water is pro-
vided. To the edges of one side Of the plate are
| secured wooden strips, attached 10 which are
cushions of rubber or other suitable material.
| The frame is lowered over the apertures from
the deck by ropes secured to eyes in one edge;
the pressure of the water causes the plate TO
hug the hull, that it win prevent all nearly
all the inflow of water to the vessel the cushions
forming water-tight joints between the hull and
frame; the inner surface of the plate is pro-
vided with several bolts, TO which ropes may be
attached, in order to secure the plate in place
from the inside of the vessel.
In his recently published memoirs NJ Legouve
relates the history of some of his dramatic part
nerships. For instance, Louise de Lignerolies"
was written in the following manner: His wife
able fate of one of her schoolmates by the name
of Celia Legouve becomes so interested in the
story that he PUSHES into his study sketches the
outline of drama embodying Clelas history
and nearly finishes the first act on the spot In
the evening Goubaux drops in, who listens to
the plot. why, there is material in it for a
five-act DRAMA he exclaims. A lively discus
sion arises as TO the development OF the
plot, the exposition and the climax Cor
baux, the author of Thirty Years of the
Life Of n Gambler" and principal Of an
educational institute, takes a weeks vacation
pretending to 90 on journey. and installs him,
self In Legouves dwelling Like schoolboys
they write both az the same table. facing each
other; only the meals aud music in the evening
interrupt their work. According 10 a fixed plan.
each one writes scane after scene Independently
of the other, and in ten days che frat two acts
are-ready. They are road TO Nine. tiegouve
who approves now of q soene by 'esoubaiix. now
Of one by her husband. There are discussions.
corrections, and finally Agreements The friends
take the finished piece TO Eugene Sue He at
once goes to his easel, pretending to listen
never SO well as when he paints Sue finds the
first three acts excellent: the last two poor
N.afr lee r.